Milk-bottle container



April 17, 1928.

T. IVERSEN MILK BOTTLE CONTAINER Filed Aug. 16, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet l April 17, 1928.;

T. IVERSEN MILK BOTTLE CONTAINER Filed Aug. 16, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 4f OTTIQUS Patented Apr. 17, 1928.

UNITED STATES TBYGVE IVER-SEN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

. MILK-BOTTLE CONTAINER.

, Application filed August 16, 1926. Serial No. 129,331.

My invention relates to milkbottle con tainers and it IS the ob ect of my invention I to provide a new and improved form and arrangement of device .of this type for receiving and protecting bottles of milkand cream as theyare left by a milkman on early morning deliveries. It is one ofthe Objects of my' invention to provide an improved construction of device of this type in which a combination latching and locking means is provided adapted by a preliminary 'movement to secure the door of the container releasably in closed position and adapted by a continued movement to effect a locking of the door, the margin of movement between theinitial latching and the final locking being preferably quite large so as to prevent accidental locking of the device. It is another object of my invention to improve the form of the container so as to utilize the wall of the building or other support for the back face of the container whereby the cost of the structure is reduced. his another object of my invention to improve generally theform of the locking means.

It is another object of my invention to improve devices of this type in sundry details hereinafter pointed out. The preferred means by which I have accomplished my several objects are illustrated in the drawings and are hereinafter specifically described. That which I believe to be new and desire to cover by Letters Patent is set forth in the claims. I

In the drawings,-- V

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my imroved device in osit-ion uaon a wall one 7 corner of the container being broken away for clearness of illustration.

Fig. 2 is an inside face view of the door of my improved device, as seen at the line 22 of Fig. 1, and showing in dotted lines.

a milk card secured removably in position on the door.

Fig. 3 IS a vert cal cross section through my device, taken at line 3-3 of Fig. 1,

showing diagrammatically a bottle of milk in position in the container, and showing in dotted lines a changed position of the door.

Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view, taken substantially at line 4-4 of Fig. 3 but with the rotary locking member rotated through a half revolution as compared with the position shown in said Fig. 3; and

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a rotary member of the locking mechanism.

' ably in Referring to the several figures in which corresponding parts are indicated by the same reference characters, 10 indicates a housing in the form of a box-like shell made of sheet metal, the shell being provided with an inwardly extending flange 11 at the rear face, being secured in position upon a wall 12 by means of screws 13 passing through suitable openings in the flange 11. The front face of the shell 10 is closed by a door 14 also formed of sheet metal and hingedly connected along its lower edge with the shell 10, thearrangement being such that the door 14 when closed completes the enclosure. Links 15 are pivotally connected with the door 14 onits inner face, extending through clips 16 carried by the shell 10 in such position that hooks 17 on the ends of the links are adapted by engagement with the clips 16 to hold the door 14 in horizontal position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. The door 14 is also provided on its inner face with leaf springs 18 each rigidly connected in position at one end so as to hold removposition a milk card 19as shown in F ig. 2.

Upon the inner face of the top ply of the housing 10, I have provided areinforcing bar 20 rigidly secured in position and provided at its forward end with a downwardly and rearwardly turned hook portion 20 a Upon the front face of the door 14, I have provided a vertically disposed reinforcing bar 21 which is rigidly secured in position upon the face of the door. Near the upper edge of the door 14, I have mounted a knob 22 which is rigidly secured in any suitable manner. upon a square shaft 23 which extends through the opening in a bushing 24 revolubly mounted in suitable openings through the door 14 and the bar 21. Upon the inner square end of the shaft 23 I have provided a disk locking member 25 which is supported by the shaft and is rotatable therewith, being secured in position upon the shaft by a washer 26 and a nut 27 which is secured by means of screw threads upon the inner end of the shaft 23. The disk 25 is provided at its outer edge with a flange 28, the rear edge of which is rolled outwardly and backwardly upon itself so as to rovide in effect a substantially annular hook about the disk 25'. The rolled portion is cut away fably inclosed position.

at one point, however, as indicated at 29 (see Fig; 5) so as to permit the flange 28 to be brought into the position as shown in Fig. 3 for operative engageme'ntwvith the book when the disk is rotated through the medium of the knob 22. As will be readily understood, upon aslight movement of the disk 25 in clockwise direction in'Fig; 1 from the position there shown, the-flange 28 is brought into operative engagement with the hook-I20 soas to'secure the door 14. releas rotated a 'short'distancein clockwise direction from the position shown in Fig. 4, the

" door 14: is held tightly in closed position but can beagain released for-opening by merely rotating the disk 25 in the reverse direction Into the position shown in Fig. 41.

,Upon the inner faceol the door 14 below the disk '25, I have mounted a lock 30 of any approved type adapted to be operated by a key inserted through an opening 31 in the door and. the bar 21. as shown in Fig.1. "When the disk 25 is in the position as shown in Fig. t,'the bolt 32 of the lock 30 stands in engagement with the flange 28 by which the movement of the bolt is limited. -however, the disk-25 is given a half rcvolu-. -t1onyfromthe positionshown in l,

'fl the not-ch29 in'the rolled portion of tee When,

opening 33 through the flange 28 opposite t flangeis'brought into registration with the bolt 32'soasto permit the extension of'the boltinto the position as shown in Figs. 2

and 3. The bolt 32 then serves to hold the 1di'sk25 against rotation whereby the door 14 i is held firmly inclosed position by theen- 'ga'gement of therolled portion 01 the flange "28 with the hook 20.

"-F or limiting the rotation 'of'the rotary diskmember '25, I have provided an arewing means, I have provided a plate 36 mount 'edupon the squared shaft 23 between the *shaped slot 34 in--the disk atone sidethereot in which a lug 35 carried by the door 14.

{operates for controlling the movement of the disk.

""For-indicating the condition of the lockknob 22-and the bar 21, such plate 36 be ing provided at one side with a pointer 37. When-the parts are in'the position shown in-Fig. 2, the pointer 37 stands in the posi tion shown in'Fig. l-pointing toward the "word Locked. Y When the mechanism has 'beentu-rned to the position as illustrated in Fig. 4, itw ill be understood that the pointer --wi11 extend-toward the right in'Fig. 1 to- Ward the word Open.

lVit-h the disk 25 In the use-"of my improved device, the mechanism is to be left in a position in which the rolled portion of the flange 28 is in en wgagement with the hook 20 but in which the bolt- 32 is not in engagement with the opening 33. VVhen the milkman comes to make his deliveries, he is able to open the door 14 readily so as to place a bottle 38 inpositionwithin the housing. He then :closes the'doorand gives the knob 22 a rotarymovement in clockwise direction in Fig. 1 to the limit of the movementuntil the bolt 32 engages the opening 33 for locking the disk 25 against reverse movement.

The contents ofthe box are thus aiiorded the desired protection until they are removed by the use of a key aswill be readily under- "departing from my invention.

' I claim:

1. In a dev ce of the type described, the combination of hous ng means adapted completely to enclose the contents and comprising a pivotally mounted door, a hooked member mounted on the body otgsaid housing, a disk revolubly mounted on the door, hook means carriedby the'disk adapted upon a slight rotation when the door is closed to engage saidhooked member, and

locking means mounted on the door adapted upon continued rotation of the disk to lock the disk against reverse movement.

2,. In a device 'ofthe type describerhthe combination of housing means adapted cornpletely to enclose the contents and comprising adoor pivotally mounted on thevbody otfrthe housing, a hook carried bythe body of the housing having its end portion turned inwardly and backwardly EtCl]flCIlt tothe free edge of the door, a member rotatably mounted on saiddoor and comprising a flange turned outwardly and forwardly, said flange beingcut out at one side for enabling it to be turned into operative engagement with said hook, and. lock ng means mounted on the door adapted at one position of they .rotary member automatically to lock said member against rotation.

' TRYGVE IVERSEN. 

